On Wed, May 12, 1999 at 05:40:12PM +0000, jim westveer wrote: > I would like to volunteer to help develop the Debian Partners > programs. I believe that recognition of various hardware > and software vendors could be extremely beneficial to Debian. > (normal caveats such as: if handled properly .. if it would > be beneficial to the partners AND us... etc etc ). > > We are in a unique position where we do not "endorse" products, > however we do benefit from corporate participation, and > it is good practice to acknowledge the help companies provide. My general comments: I'm not satisfied with the way the partners program is defined yet. I think we have a ways to go. We could/should use that list Nils was talking about to refine the definition, first, before we do anything else. (or am I outta the loop and it'd been finialized already??) After that.. comments on: > > I am proposing the following: > > 1. Re-establishing the Debian Partners link on our main page. > > I seem to remember that at one time, the partners program > was mentioned on our main www page. We should be proud/ > supportive/actively engaged with those companies who > are our partners. It was a sample page only until we have a program and some actual partners... The sample pages are still there but we don't want the public to run across them and start asking for details we don't have ready. > 2. Expansion of the Debian Partners pages. > > These pages should explain just what the partners program > is, and how to become one. The mention of "my-company.com" > on the Debian page, is a big BIG thing! Better be ready to explain to someone like IBM or Motorola or Insight Computers *why* it's a big thing. There are a lot of really really big players out there who have only heard of Linux.. > 3. Debian is looking for....sub-page. This would be > a good way of obtaining the un-obtainable. Good idea that's not in the sample apages.. -- Please cc all mailing list replies to me, also. ========================================================================= * http://benham.net/index.html <gecko@benham.net> <>< * * -------------------- * -----------------------------------------------* * Debian Developer, Debian Project Secretary, Debian Webmaster * * <gecko@debian.org> <secretary@debian.org> <lintian-maint@debian.org> * * <webmaster@debian.org> <gecko@fortunet.com> <webmaster@spi-inc.org> * =========================================================================
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